60th Congress, ( 
2d Session. f 


SENATE. 


Document 
No. 753. 


CERTIFICATE OF THE GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN REL¬ 
ATIVE TO ELECTION OF ISAAC STEPHENSON. 


March 2, 1909.—Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 


Mr. Nelson presented the following certificate of the governor of 
Wisconsin, with certified copies of the proceedings of the senate and 
the house of representatives of said State of Wisconsin, relative to 
the election of Isaac Stephenson as a Senator from that State in the 
Senate of the United States, commencing March 4, 1909. 

I hereby certify that the statute of the State of Wisconsin the 
regular session for the legislature thereof is fixed to commence at 
12 o’clock m. on the second Wednesday of January, 1909; that the 
legislature of the State of Wisconsin met on said second Wednesday 
of January, 1909, to wit, on January 13, 1909, at 12 o’clock m., and 
was organized pursuant to law; that F. E. Andrews was elected 
chief clerk of the senate branch of said legislature, and C. E. Shaffer, 
chief clerk of the assembly branch thereof; 

That on the second Tuesday after the meeting and the organiza¬ 
tion of said legislature, to wit, on Tuesday, January 26, 1909, said 
legislature met for the purpose of electing a Senator in Congress of 
the United States from the State of Wisconsin, and that on said date 
the two houses of said legislature did separately vote for a Senator 
in Congress of the United States according to the transcripts of the 
journals of said houses hereto annexed, which transcripts of the 
journals are certified to by the chief clerks of the respective houses. 

I do further certify that at 12 o’clock meridian of the day follow¬ 
ing, to wit, on January 27, 1909, the members of the two houses 
convened in joint assembly, and proceedings were had according to 
the transcript of the senate journal annexed hereto, which is duly 
certified by F. E. Andrews, its chief clerk. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the 
great seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed hereto this 25th 
day of February, A. D. 1909. 

J. O. Davidson, 

Governor of the State of Wisconsin. 

By the Governor: 

[seal.] 

J. A. Freak, 

Secretary of State. 

State of Wisconsin, Dane County , ss: 

I. F. E. Andrews, chief clerk of the senate branch of the legisla 
ture of the State of Wisconsin, the officer who, under the laws of the 
State of Wisconsin, is required to keep a journal of the proceedings 


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of the state senate when in session and in whose custody the original 
journal of said senate is required to be kept, do hereby certify that 
the annexed copy of the journal of the senate branch of the legisla¬ 
ture of Wisconsin for Tuesday, the 26th day of January, A. D. 1909, 
has been compared by me with the original journal of the proceedings 
of said senate on said Tuesday, January 26, 1909, filed in my office 
and now on file therein, and is a true copy thereof. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of 
February, A. T). 1909. 

F. E. Andrews, 

Chief Clerk of the Senate Branch of the 

Legislature of the State of Wisconsin. 


[State of Wisconsin. Senate Journal. Forty-ninth session.] 

Tuesday, January 26, 1909.—9 o’clock a. m. 

The senate met. 

The president in the chair- 

Prayer was offered by Rev. E. A. Gilmore. 

The roll was called and the following senators answered to their 
names: 

Senators Barker, Bird, Bishop, Blaine, Bodenstab, Brazeau, 
Browne, Burke, Donald, Fairchild, Fridd, Gaylord, Hazelwood, 
Hudnall, Husting, James, Kleczka, Krumrey, Lehr, Lockney, Lyons, 
Marsh, Martin, Morris, Owen, Page, Pearson, Randolph, Sanborn, 
Stout, Thomas, Whitehead, and Wright—33. 

The journal of .Wednesday, January 20th. was approved. 


BILLS INTRODUCED. 

Read first and second times and referred. 

No. 12 (senate). By Senator Thomas. To Committee on towns 
and counties. 

RESOLUTIONS CONSIDERED. 


Resolution 3 (senate) was adopted- 

joint resolution 3 (senate). 

The motion by Senator Page, that the vote by which joint resolu¬ 
tion 3 (senate) was refused adoption, be reconsidered, and that the 
motion lie over until January 26, 1909, was considered. 

The question was, Shall the vote by which the resolution was re¬ 
fused adoption be reconsidered? 

The ayes and noes being requested, it was decided in the affirma¬ 
tive: Ayes, 22; noes, 11; absent or not voting, none. 

The vote was as follows: 

Ayes—Senators Barker, Bishop, Blaine. Brazeau, Browne, Burke, 
Donald, Fridd, Gaylord, Hazelwood, Husting, Kleczka, Krumrey, 
Lockney, Lyons, Marsh, Martin, Morris. Owen, Pearson, Randolph, 
and Sanborn—22. 

Noes—Senators Bird, Bodenstab, Fairchild, Hudnall, James, Lehr, 
Page, Stout, Thomas, Whitehead, and Wright—11. 

Absent or not voting—none. 


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RECESS. 

Upon motion of Senator Burke, 

The senate took a recess until 3 o’clock p. m. 

AFTERNOON SESSION. 

~ 3 o'clock p. m. 

1 he senate was called to order by the president. 

RESOLUTIONS CONSIDERED. 


Joint resolution 3 (senate). 

The following* substitute was introduced: 

Substitute amendment No. 1, S., to Jt. Res. No. 3, S., providing for 
a legislative investigation of certain specific charges of the improper 
and illegal use of money and other violations of law at the last pri¬ 
mary election. 

Whereas, specific charges have been made and herewith trans¬ 
mitted relating to the improper, unlawful, and illegal use of money 
by a candidate for the nomination to the office of United States Sen¬ 
ator ; now, therefore, be it 

Resolved by the senate , the assembly concurring , That a commit¬ 
tee of three senators and three members of the assembly be ap¬ 
pointed fully, fairly, thoroughly, and impartially to investigate such 
charges, and the manner, means and method by which the last pri¬ 
mary campaign and primary election were conducted so far as the 
same relates directly or indirectly to the nomination of candidates 
for the United States Senate, and members of the senate and assem¬ 
bly who would be called on to vote upon the election of such Senator. 
Be it further 

Resolved , That the permanent presiding officer of the senate and 
assembly shall appoint the members of such committee from their re¬ 
spective bodies. Be it further 

Resolved , That in the exercise of the power conferred upon them, 
the said committee by subpoena issued over the signature of the chair¬ 
man or acting chairman of the committee and served in the manner 
that a circuit-court subpoena is served, the said committee may sum¬ 
mon and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of 
books, papers, documents, and records necessary or convenient to be 
examined or used by them as witnesses, and may do all things which 
may to them appear' to be necessary or convenient to a full examina¬ 
tion and investigation as directed herein. 

The committee shall have power to employ stenographers, clerks, 
and assistants and such other persons as they may deem necessary to 
a full and complete examination and investigation as herein directed. 
The committee shall have power by any member thereof to administer 
to persons produced or appearing before them as witnesses all neces¬ 
sary oaths and also to punish for contempt as provided by law. Be 
it further 

Resolved , That any person appearing and testifying under oath 
before such committee, such evidence so given shall not be used as evi¬ 
dence in any criminal prosecution against him in any court, except in 
a prosecution for perjury committed in giving such testimony. Be it 
further 


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Resolved , That such committee shall report to the senate and as¬ 
sembly in full upon such matters with the evidence and their recom¬ 
mendations thereon on or before the first day of April, 1909. 

Bv Senator Blaine. 


SPECIFIC CHARGES. 

To the Honorable Senate and Assembly of the State of Wisconsin: 

I, John J. Blaine, an elector of the State of Wisconsin and a 
member of the state senate, upon information and belief, do hereby 
specifically charge and allege: 

1. That Isaac Stephenson, of Marinette, Wisconsin, now United 
States Senator and a candidate for reelection, did, as such candidate 
for such reelection, give to one E. A. Edmonds, of the city of Apple- 
ton, Wisconsin, an elector of the State of Wisconsin and said city of 
Appleton, a valuable thing, to wit: a sum of money in excess of $106,- 
000, and approximating the sum of $250,000, as a consideration 
for some act to be done by said E. A. Edmonds in relation to the pri¬ 
mary election held on the first day of September, 1908, which consid¬ 
eration was paid prior to said primary election, and that said Isaac 
Stephenson was at the time of such payment a candidate for the 
Republican nomination for United States Senator at such primary, 
and did by such acts as above set forth violate section 4542b of the 
statutes. 

2. That said Isaac Stephenson did, prior to said primary, pay to 
said Edmonds above-mentioned sums with the design that said Ed¬ 
monds should pay to other electors of this State out of said sums 
above mentioned and other sums of money received by said Edmonds 
from said Isaac Stephenson, prior to said primary, sums ranging 
from $5 per day to $1,000, in bulk, as a consideration for some act to 
be done in relation to said primary by said electors for said Isaac 
Stephenson as such candidate in violation of said section. 

3. That with full knowledge and with instructions from said Isaac 
Stephenson, as to how and for what purposes said sums were to be 
expended, said sums were so paid as above stated to said Edmonds by 
said Isaac Stephenson and that said sums were paid as above stated 
for the purposes above stated and also for the purpose of bribing and 
corrupting a sufficient number of the electors of the State of Wiscon¬ 
sin to encompass the nomination of said Isaac Stephenson at said pri¬ 
mary for the office of United States Senator. 

4. That in pursuance of the purposes and design above stated, said 
Isaac Stephenson did, by and through his agents, prior to said 
primary, pay to one IT. C. Keller, of Sauk County, an elector of this 
State, the sum of $300 as a consideration for some act to be done by 
said Keller for said Stephenson preliminary to said primary, cor¬ 
ruptly and unlawfully. 

5. That in further pursuance of such purposes and design, said 
Isaac Stephenson, by and through his agents, prior to said primary, 
paid to one Hambright, of Racine, Wis., large sums of money as 
a consideration for some act to be done by said Hambright for said 
Stephenson preliminary to said primary, said Hambright being then 
an elector of this State, corruptly and unlawfully. 


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0. That in further pursuance of the purposes and design above 
stated, said Isaac Stephenson did, by and through his agents, prior 
to said primary, pay to one Roy Morse, of Fond du Lac, Wis., then 
an elector of this State, the sum of $1,000 as a consideration for some 
act to be done by said Morse for said Isaac Stephenson preliminary 
to said primary, and corruptly and unlawfully. 

7. That in further pursuance of such purposes and design said Isaac 
Stephenson, by and through his agents, prior to said primary, paid 
to divers persons, then electors of the county of Grant, Wis., rang¬ 
ing from five dollars per day and upward, as a consideration 
for some act to be done by said several electors for said Isaac Stephen¬ 
son preliminary to said primary, corruptly and unlawfully. 

8. That in further pursuance of such purposes and design, said 
Isaac Stephenson, by and through his agents, prior to said primary, 
did pay to divers persons who were at such time electors in this State 
a consideration for some act to be done for said Isaac Stephenson by 
such electors preliminary to such primary, corruptly and unlawfully. 

9. That in further pursuance of such purposes and designs said 
Isaac Stephenson, by and through his agents, prior to said primary, 
did pay to electors of this State, who were of a different political opin¬ 
ion and who held to other political principles than that of the Re¬ 
publican party, more particularly Democrats, sums of money as a 
consideration for some act to be done by such electors for said Isaac 
Stephenson preliminary to said primary, corruptly and unlawfully. 

10. That in further pursuance of such purposes and design said 
Isaac Stephenson, by and through his agents, prior to such primary, 
did offer to pay to Edward Pollock, of Lancaster, Wis., certain 
sums of money, as editor of the Teller, a newspaper published in 
said city of Lancaster, Wis., and to other editors of newspapers who 
were at such time electors of this State, for the purpose of purchasing 
the editorial support of such editors and as a consideration of some 
thing to be done relating to such primary, corruptly and unlawfully. 

11. That said Isaac Stephenson did, prior to such primary, by and 
through his agents, promise and agree to pay to one Lester Tilton, 
a then resident and elector of this State, and residing at the city of 
Neillsville, Wis., a sum in excess of $500 to procure or aid in pro¬ 
curing the nomination of said Lester Tilton to the assembly of this 
State from Clark County, and did offer to give to said Lester Tilton a 
sum in excess of $500 if said Lester Tilton would become a candidate 
for the assembly from said Clark County if said Lester Tilton would 
support said Isaac Stephenson for the office of United States Senator, 
all of which is in violation of sections 4542b and 4543b of the statutes. 

12. That said Isaac Stephenson did, by and through his agents, 
give and promise and pay or agree to pay to other electors of this 
State sums of money to procure or aid in procuring the nomination 
of such electors to the senate and assembly of this State other than 
those electors residing in the district where said Isaac Stephenson 
resides. 

13. That E. M. Heyzer and Max Sells, prior to said primary, being 
at such time employees of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway 
Company, a corporation doing business in this State, did contribute 
and agree to contribute free services as such employees for the pur¬ 
pose to defeat the candidacy of former assemblyman E. F. Nelson, 
from the district embracing Florence, Forest, and Langlade counties, 


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for the nomination for assemblyman from said district, all of which 
was done with the knowledge and consent and under the direction of 
paid to one Hambright, of Racine, Wisconsin, large sums of money as 
492, laws of 1905. 

14. That in further pursuance of the purposes and design above 
set forth said Isaac Stephenson, by and through his agents, did, 
in addition to paying certain sums as above set forth, offer and agree 
to pay to electors of this State prior to said primary a premium or 
bonus to those who in his employ carried their respective precincts 
in such primary for said Isaac Stephenson as such candidate. 

15. That said Isaac Stephenson, if claiming an election by virture 
of receiving a plurality of votes at such primary, then said Isaac 
Stephenson has violated chapter 562 of the laws of 1905, by fail¬ 
ing and neglecting to file his expense account as provided by said 
chapter. 

16. Charging generally, the primary nomination or election of 
said Isaac Stephenson was obtained by the use of large sums of 
money corruptly and illegally, by the violation of sections 4542b, 
4543b, and 4678b of the statutes relating to illegal voting, bribery, and 
corruption, and other laws above set forth relating to elections and 
primary elections. 

Dated January 26, 1909. 

Respectfully submitted. 

John J. Blaine, 

State Senator , Sixteenth District. 

The following amendment to substitute amendment No. 1, S., to 
Joint Resolution No 3 (Senate) was offered. 

Amendment No. 1, S., to substitute amendment No. 1, S., to Joint 
Resolution No. 3 (Senate). By Senator Page. 

That said investigation shall extend to the election of all United 
States Senators, and all state officers elected in the State of Wis¬ 
consin any time during the past ten years. 

The question was, Shall amendment No. 1, S., to substitute amend¬ 
ment No. 1, S., to Joint Resolution No. 3 (Senate) be adopted? 

The ayes and noes being requested, it was decided in the negative: 
Ayes, 9; noes, 24; absent or not voting, none. 

The vote was as follows: 

Ayes—Senators Bird, Bodenstab, Burke, Hudnall, Lehr, Page, 
Stout, Whitehead, and Wright—9. 

Noes—Senators Barker, Bishop, Blaine, Brazeau, Browne, Don¬ 
ald, Fairchild, Fridd, Gaylord, Hazelwood, Husting, James, Kleczka, 
Krumrey, Lockney, Lyons, Marsh, Martin, Morris, Owen, Pearson, 
Randolph, Sanborn and Thomas—24. 

Absent or not voting—None. 

The question then was. Shall substitute amendment No. 1, S., to 
Joint Resolution No. 3 (Senate) be adopted? 

The ayes and noes being requested, it was decided in the affirma¬ 
tive: Ayes, 23; noes, 10; absent or not voting, none. 

The vote was as follows: 

Ayes—Senators Barker, Bishop, Blaine, Brazeau, Browne, Burke, 
Donald, Fairchild, Fridd, Gaylord, Hazelwood, Husting, Kleczka, 
Krumrey, Lockney, Lyons, Marsh, Martin, Morris, Owen, Pearson, 
Randolph, and Sanborn—23. 


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^soes—Senators Bird, Bodenstab. Hudnall, James, Lehr, Page, 
Stout, Thomas, Whitehead, and Wright—10. 

Absent or not voting—None. 

The question then was, Shall Joint Resolution No. 3 (Senate), as 
amended, be adopted? 

The ayes and noes being requested, it was decided in the affirma¬ 
tive : Ayes, 23; noes, 10; absent or not voting, none. 

The vote was as follows: 

Ayes—Senators Barker, Bishop, Blaine, Brazeau, Browne, Burke, 
Donald, Fairchild, Fridd, Gaylord, Hazelwood, Husting, Kleczka, 
Krumrey, Lockney, Lyons, Marsh, Martin, Morris, Owen, Pearson, 
Randolph, and Sanborn—23. 

Noes—Senators Bird, Bodenstab, Hudnall, James, Lehr, Page, 
Stout, Thomas, Whitehead, and Wright—10. 

Absent or not voting—None. 


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Senator Burke moved that the Senate proceed to the election of a 
United States Senator. 

Motion prevailed. 

Senator Martin moved that, during the pendency of the investiga¬ 
tion provided for by joint resolution 3 (senate), any senator who 
does not wish to vote for a candidate may vote by answering 
“ present.’* 

Motion prevailed unanimously. 

The roll was called, and the following senators voted for Hon. 
Isaac Stephenson: 

Senators Bird, Bodenstab, Burke, Fairchild, Hudnall, James, Lehr, 
Page, Stout, Thomas, Whitehead, and Wright—12. 

The following senators voted for Hon. Neal Brown: 

Senators Hazelwood. Husting, Pearson, and Randolph—4. 

The following senator voted for Hon. Jacob Rummel: 

Senator Gaylord—1. 

The following senators voted “ present: ” 

Senators Barker, Bishop, Blaine, Brazeau, Browne, Donald, Fridd, 
Kleczka, Krumrey, Lockney, Lyons, Marsh, Martin, Morris, Owen, 
and Sanborn—16. 


BILLS INTRODUCED. 

Read first and second times and referred: 

S. 13. By Senator Lockney; to committee on judiciary. 

S. 14. By Senator Blaine; to committee on education. 

S. 15. By Senator Whitehead; to committee on manufactures and 

labor. 

S. 16. By Senator Brazeau; to committee on state affairs. 

S. 17. By Senator Fairchild; to committee on judiciary. 

S. 18. B j Senator Page; to committee on judiciary. 

S. 19. By Senator Brazeau; to committee on state affairs. 

S. 20. By Senator Brazeau; to committee on state affairs. 

ADJOURNMENT. 

Upon motion of Senator Burke, 

The senate adjourned. 



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State of Wisconsin, Dane County , ss: 

I, C. E. Shaffer, chief clerk of the assembly branch of the legis¬ 
lature of the State of Wisconsin, the officer who, under t lie laws of the 
State of Wisconsin, is required to keep a journal of the proceedings of 
the state assembly when in session, do hereby certify that the an¬ 
nexed copy of the daily journal of the assembly branch of the legis¬ 
lature of Wisconsin for Tuesday, the 26th day of January, A. D. 
1909, has been compared by me with the original daily journal of 
the proceedings of said assembly on said Tuesday, January 26th, 
1909, now in my custody, and is a true copy thereof. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this first day of 
February, A. D. 1909. 

C. E. Shaffer, 

Chief Clerk of the Assembly Branch of the. 

Legislature of the State of Wisconsin. 


[State of Wisconsin. Assembly Journal. Forty-ninth regular ses¬ 
sion—Thirteenth biennial session.] 

Tuesday, January 26, 1909—9 a. m. 

The assembly met. 

The speaker in the chair. 

Prayer was offered by Rev. George E. Hunt. 

The roll was called and the following members answered to their 
names: 

Messrs. Atwood, Ballard, Barnett, Berner, Bichler, Bradford, Bray, 
Brew, Brockhausen, Busacker, Buslett, Benj. A. Cady, Virgil H. Cady, 
Chappie, Chinnock, Cleary, Comstock, Coolidge, Crowell, Culbertson, 
Curtiss, Daub, Discli, Domachowski, Dorner, Egan, Erickson, Esta- 
brook, Farrell, Fenelon, Fisher, Georgi, Grosse, Haight, Hambrecht, 
Hammill, Harras, Hoyt, Hughes, Hull, Ingalls, Ingram, Irvine, John¬ 
son, Jones, Kalaher, Kamper, Kay, Kempf, Keup, Keyes, Kimball, 
Kindlin, Kneen, Kubasta, Kull, Laycock, Ledvina, Lentz, LeRoy, 
Leuch, Mains, Marquardt, McConnell, Mortensen, Neitzel, Nelson, On- 
stad, Peterson, Philipps, Pickart, Ramsey, Reader, Reynolds, Roethe, 
Rollmann, Schmidt, Schwalbach, Scott, Shaw, Frank Smith, Simon 
Smith, Stack, Stevens, Stewart, Thomas, Towers, Towne, Twesme, 
Urquhart, Viebhahn, Weber, Wehrwein, Wellensgard, Wells, Whit¬ 
man, Whittet, Wittig, Zimmerman, and Mr. Speaker—100. 

The journal of January 21 was approved. 

The speaker announced the appointment of Mr. Hambrecht in 
place of Mr. Culbertson on the committee on elections, and of Mr. 
Ballard in place of Mr. Nelson on the committee on Federal relations. 

RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. 

Joint resolution 12 (assembly). By Mr. Johnson. Read, and 
referred to the committee on roads and bridges. 

Resolution 6 (assembty). B} t Mr. Whittet. 

Requesting the superintendent of public property to supply the 
members and officers of the assembly with stationery. 



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Resolved , That the superintendent of public property be, and he 
is hereby, requested to furnish five hundred sheets of letter head 
paper (ruled or unruled as requested by each member or officer) 
and three hundred and fifty envelopes, with return card thereon, 
and with name, address, and district of member on the paper; to 
be furnished for each member, desk force, postmaster, and sergeant- 
at-arms; the speaker to be furnished five hundred additional sheets 
of letter paper and one hundred and fifty additional envelopes; and 
the chief clerk to be furnished one thousand sheets of letter head 
paper and five hundred envelopes. 

Privileged, by unanimous consent. 

Read, and adopted. 


BILLS INTRODUCED. 


Read first and second times and referred. 

No. 28 (assembly). By Mr. Ingalls. To committee on education. 
No. 29 (assembly). By Mr. Kamper. To committee on towns and 
counties. 

No. 80 (assembly). By Mr. V. H. Cady. To committee on State 
affairs. 

No. 31 (assembly). By Mr. Wells. To committee on towns and 
counties. 

No. 32 (assembly). By Mr. Harras. To committee on transporta¬ 
tions. 

No. 33 (assembly). By Mr. Hull. To committee on roads and 
bridges. 

No. 34 (assembly). By Mr. Erickson. To committee on towns 
and counties. 

No. 35 (assembly). By Mr. Erickson. To committee on roads 
and bridges. 

No. 36 (assembly). By Mr. Berner. To committee on manu¬ 
factures and labor. 

No. 37 (assembly). By Mr. Barnett. To committee on cities. 
No. 38 (assembly). By Mr. Cleary. 

Mr. Cleary moved that all rules interfering with immediate con¬ 
sideration of the bill be suspended, and that it be placed upon its 
passage at this time. 

The motion prevailed, and the rules were suspended by unanimous 
consent. 

The rules were suspended by unanimous consent, and the bill was 
ordered engrossed and read a third time. 

The rules were suspended by unanimous consent, and No. 38, A., 

was read a third time, and passed. 

Mr. Hughes moved that No. 2, S., be recalled from the committee 

on cities. 

Motion prevailed. 

So ordered. , , , 

On motion by Mr. Hughes the rules were suspended, and the bill 

was ordered to a third reading. . 

The rules were suspended, and No. 2, S., was read a third time, and 

concurred in. 


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RESOLUTIONS CONSTDERED- 

Mr. Kindlin moved that Jt. Res. No. 4, A., be recalled from the 
committee on elections. 

The question was upon the motion of Mr. Kindlin to recall Jt. Res. 
No. 4, A., 

Joint resolution providing for a legislative investigation of the 
last primary election. 

The ayes and noes being demanded, it was decided in the negative: 
Ayes, 29; noes, 59; absent or not voting, 12. 

The vote was as follows: 

Ayes—Messrs. Barnett, Bichler, Bradford, Brockhausen, Busacker, 
Cady (Virgil), Curtiss, Daub, Estabrook, Farrell, Hull, Johnson, 
Kamper, Kindlin, Kneen, Lentz, Leuch, McConnell, Pickart, Ram¬ 
sey, Roethe, Rollmann, Schmidt, Schwalbach, Smith (Simon), Stew¬ 
art, Towne, Viabahn, and Wells—29. 

Noes—Messrs. Atwood, Ballard, Bray, Buslett, Cady (Benj. A.), 
Chappie, Chinnock, Cleary, Comstock, Coolidge, Crowell, Culbert¬ 
son, Disch, Egan, Erickson, Fenelon, Fisher, Grosse, Haight, Ham- 
brecht, Hammill, Hoyt, Hughes, Ingalls, Ingram, Irvine, Jones, Kay, 
Iveup, Keyes, Kimball, Kull, Laycock, Ledvina, LeRoy, Mains, Mar- 
quardt, Mortensen, Neitzel, Nelson, Onstad, Peterson, Philipps, 
Reader, Reynolds, Scott, Shaw, Stack, Stevens, Thomas, Towers, 
Twesme, Urquhart, Wellensgard, Whitman, Whittet, Wittig, Zim¬ 
merman, and Mr. Speaker—59. 

Absent or not voting—Messrs. Berner, Brew, Domachowski, 
Dorner, Georgi, Harras, Kalaher, Kempf, Kubasta, Smith (Frank), 
Weber, and Wehrwein—12. 

Mr. Hambrecht moved the reconsideration of the motion to recon¬ 
sider Jt. Res. No. 4, A. 

The ayes and noes being demanded, the question was decided in 
the negative: Ayes, 7; noes, 81; absent or not voting, 12. 

The vote was as follows: 

Ayes—Messrs. Barnett, Bradford, Cady (Virgil), Curtiss, Esta¬ 
brook, Hull, and McConnell—7. 

Noes—Messrs. Atwood, Ballard, Bichler, Bray, Brockhausen, 
Busacker, Buslett, Cady (Benj. A.), Chappie, Chinnock, Cleary, Com¬ 
stock, Coolidge, Crowell, Culbertson, Daub, Disch, Egan, Erickson, 
Farrell, Fenelon, Fisher, Grosse, Haight, Hambrecht, Hammill, Hoyt, 
Hughes, Ingalls, Ingram, Irvine, Johnson, Jones, Kamper, Kay, Keup, 
Keyes, Kimball. Kindlin, Kneen, Kull, Laycock, Ledvina, Lentz, 
LeRoy, Leuch, Mains, Marquardt, Mortensen, Neitzel, Nelson, Onstad, 
Peterson, Philipps, Pickart, Ramsey, Reader, Reynolds, Roethe, Roll¬ 
mann, Schmidt, Schwalbach, Scott, Shaw, Smith (Simon), Stack, 
Stevens, Stewart, Thomas, Towers, Towne, Twesme, Urquhart, Vje- 
bahn, Wellensgard, Wells, Whitman, Whittet, Wittig, Zimmerman, 
and Mr. Speaker—81. 

Absent or not voting—Messrs. Berner, Brew, Domachowski, 
Dorner. Georgi, Harras, Kalaher, Kempf, Kubasta, Smith (Frank), 
Weber, and Wehrwein—12. 

On motion of Mr. Ledvina, 

The assembly took a recess at 11.55 a. m. 



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RECESS. 

11.55 A. M. 

The assembly was called to order by the speaker. 

12 o’clock m. 

On motion of Mr. Ledvina, the assembly proceeded to— 

VOTE FOR A UNITED STATES SENATOR. 

Chief Clerk C. E. Shaffer called the roll and the vote was as 
follows: 

Isaac Stephenson, 60. 

Neal Brown, 16. 

Jacob Rummel, 3. 

S. A. Cook, 2. 

IT. A. Cooper, 1. 

J. H. Stout, 1. 

John J. Esch, 1. 

Blank, 15. 

Absent, 1. 

The following voted for Isaac Stephenson: 

Messrs. Atwood, Ballard (under protest), Bray, Brew, Buslett, 
Benjamin A. Cady, Chappie, Chinnock, Cleary. Comstock, Crow¬ 
ell, Culbertson, Discli, Dorner, Egan, Erickson, Estabrook, Fene- 
lon, Fisher, Georgi (under protest), Grosse, Haight, Hambrecht, 
Hammill, Harras, Hoyt, Hull, Ingalls, Irvine, Jones, Kempf, 
Kubasta, Kull, Laycock, Ledvina, Le Roy, Mains (under protest), 
Marquardt, McConnell, Mortensen, Nelson, Peterson, Philipps, 
Reader, Reynolds, Shaw, Frank Smith, Simon Smith (under pro¬ 
test), Stack, Stevens, Thomas, Towers, Twesme, Urquhart, Well- 
ensgard, Wells, Whitman, Whittet, Wittig, and Mr. Speaker—60. 

The following voted for Neal Brown: 

Messrs. Bidder, Virgil Cady, Domachowski, Farrell, Hughes, 
Kalaher, Kindlin, Kneen, Lentz,. Pickart, Ramsey, Rollmann, 
Schmidt, Schwalbach, Stewart, and Viebahn—16. 

The following voted for Jacob Rummel: 

Messrs. Berner, Brockhausen, and Weber—3. 

The following voted for S. A. Cook: 

Messrs. Barnett and Neitzel—2. 

The following voted for Mr. Cooper: 

Mr. Zimmerman—1. 

The following voted for Mr. Stout: 

Mr. Daub—1. 

The following voted for Mr. Esch: 

Mr. Bradford—1. 

The following voted blank: 

Messrs. Busacker, Coolidge, Curtiss, Ingram, Hamper, Kay, Keup, 
Keyes, Kimball, Leuch, Onstad, Roethe, Scott, Towne, Wehr- 
wein—15. 

Absent or not voting: 

Mr. Johnson—1. 

Before the vote was announced, 

Mr. Ledvina moved that the sergeant-at-arms be directed to call 
into the chamber all absentees who might be in the capitol. 

Motion prevailed. 



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So ordered. 

The speaker then announced the result of the vote, as hereinbe¬ 
fore recorded. 

RETURN TO THE FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Jt. Res. No. 13, A. By Mr. Frank Smith. 

Joint resolution on the life and services of Judge Romanzo Bunn. 

Whereas the legislature of Wisconsin, learning with profound 
sorrow of the death at his home in Madison, January 25, 1909, of 
Judge Romanzo Bunn, respectfully desires to record a tribute to 
his memory. 

Judge Bunn was a strong type of our best citizenship; and his life 
was largely given to the cause of the public. In 1860 he served with 
force and fidelity as a member of the assembly and later for nearly 
forty years on the state and federal bench, where he acquired the 
distinction of being a just, upright, and able judge: Therefore, be it 

Resolved by the assembly (the senate concurring ), That this ex¬ 
pression of the sentiment of the legislature be incorporated with the 
official proceedings of this day, and that an engrossed copy hereof be 
transmitted to the family. 

Privileged, by unanimous consent. 

Read, and 

Unanimous^ adopted by a rising vote. 

On motion of Mr. Hughes the assembly adjourned. 


State of Wisconsin, Dane County, ss : 

I, F. E. Andrews, chief clerk of the senate branch of the legislature 
of the State of Wisconsin, the officer who, under tliQ laws of the 
State of Wisconsin, is required to keep a journal of the proceedings 
of the state senate when in session and in whose custody the original 
journal of said senate is required to be kept, do hereby certify that 
the annexed copy of the journal of the senate branch of the legis¬ 
lature of Wisconsin for Wednesday, the 27th day of January, A. D. 
1909, has been compared by me with the original journal of the pro¬ 
ceedings of said senate on said Wednesda}q January 27, 1909, filed in 
my office and now on file therein, and is a true copy thereof. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of 
February, A. D. 1909. 

F. E. Andrews, 

Chief Clerk of the Senate Branch of the 

Legislature of the State of Wisconsin. 


[State of Wisconsin. Senate Journal. Forty-ninth session.] 

Wednesday, January 27, 1909, 10 o’clock a. m. 

The senate met. 

The president in the chair. 

Prayer was offered by Rev. E. A. Gilmore. 

The roll was called and the following senators answered to their 
names: 

Senators Barker, Bird, Bishop, Blaine, Bodenstab, Brazeau, 
Browne, Burke, Donald, Fairchild, Fridd, Gaylord, Hudnall, Hust- 





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ing, Kleczka, Krumrey, Lehr, Lockney, Lyons, Marsh, Martin, 
Morns, Owen, Page, Pearson, Randolph, Sanborn, Stout, Thomas, 
Whitehead, and Wright-31. 

Absent—Senators Hazelwood and James—2. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 

Upon request of Senator Bird, 

Leave of absence was granted to Senator James for this session. 

Upon request, 

Leave of absence was granted to Senator Whitehead for the rest of 
the week after this session. 

Upon request of Senator Husting, 

Indefinite leave of absence was granted to Senator Hazelwood on 
account of illness. 


CORRECTION OF THE JOURNAL. 

Senator Hudnall moved that the journal of January 26, 1909, be 
corrected on page 79 by striking out the motion of Senator Martin 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE. 

3 p. m., January 26, 1909. 

Senator Randolph inquired if nominations were to be made. 

Senator Page replied: “ Our candidate was nominated by the 
people.” 

The president then ordered the roll to be called. The clerk then 
began to call the roll, calling the name of Senator Barker. 

Senator Barker arose and answered “ Blank.” 

Senator Hudnall arose to a point of order and read from rule 113: 
“ Each house shall openty, by a viva voce vote of each member pres¬ 
ent, name one person for senator in Congress,” and said that Senator 
Barker’s vote for “ Blank ” was not for a person. The president 
ruled the point of order well taken, and said that Senator Barker 
would have to vote for some person. 

Senator Barker arose and answered “ Blank.” 

The president, after some discussion, ruled that Mr. Blank was not 
a person, and stated that Senator Barker would have to vote for some 
person. 

Senator Barker then asked to be excused from voting. 

Senator Randolph then moved that the senator (Barker) be ex¬ 
cused from voting. 

The president then put the question: “ Does the senate excuse Sen¬ 
ator Barker from voting?” 

On a viva voce vote (the roll not being called nor requested) the 
president announced the motion lost and that the senate declined to 
excuse Senator Barker from voting. 

Senator Gaylord, moved that we have a roll call on the motion of 
Senator Randolph. 

Senator Hudnall raised the point of order that the request for a 
roll call came too late, as the result of the vote had been announced. 


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The president ruled the point well taken, but stated that he had 
no desire to be technical, and would allow a roll call. 

Senator Hudnall then raised the point of order that under rule 67 
the senate could not excuse senators from voting at that time, as “ the 
house had commenced voting.” 

The president ruled the point well taken and that the motion of 
Senator Gaylord was out of order. 

Senator Martin then moved: “ That every senator in this body be 
excused from voting for anyone else except Mr. Blank during the 
pendency of this investigation, if he so desires. 

The president stated: “ The chair believes that the votes must be 
for eligible candidates for the United States Senate.” 

Senator Page moved that “ The senator from the 33d be granted a 
leave of absence from this session.” 

Senator Owen moved “ That rule 67 be suspended.” 

After some discussion Senator Owen moved: “ That rule 67 be 

suspended so far as it relates to this election of United States Sen¬ 
ator until after this investigation is concluded.” 

Senator Hudnall then withdrew his point of order, stating that 
he had no objection to Senators answering “ present ” as their names 
were called, if they did not desire to vote for any person for United 
States Senator. 

Senator Martin moved that: “ Any Senator may simply answer 
u Present ” and not vote during the pendency of this investigation 
if he so desires when his name is called.” 

Senator Gaylord moved an amendment that it is the sense of the 
Senate that the Journal record shows substantially the intention 
of the Senate in the matter of the vote on the United States Senator. 

A point of order was made by Senator Hudnall that the motion 
was out of order. 

The President ruled that the point was well taken and that the 
motion was out of order. 

Senator Fairchild moved that the motion to correct the Journal 
be amended by adding to the last paragraph as a new paragraph 
the following: 

The President then stated that the motion of Senator Martin is 
“ That Senators be allowed to vote present instead of for an eligible 
individual or candidate.” 

Which amendment was accepted by Senator Hudnall. 

The question was, Shall the Journal be corrected as stated in 
motion by Senator Hudnall as amended ? 

The ayes and noes being requested, it was decided in the negative: 
Ayes, 13; noes, 18; absent or not voting, 2. 

The vote was as follows: 

Ayes—Senators Bird, Bodenstab, Brazeau, Burke, Fairchild, Hud¬ 
nall, Lehr, Lyons, Page, Stout, Thomas, Whitehead, and Wright—13. 

Noes—Senators Barker, Bishop, Blaine, Browne, Donald, Fridd, 
Gaylord, Husting, Kleczka, Krumrey, Lockney, Marsh, Martin, Mor¬ 
ris, Owen, Pearson, Randolph, and Sanborn—18. 

Absent or not voting—Senators Hazelwood and James—2. 

The question then was, Shall the Journal, as printed, be approved? 

The ayes and noes being requested, it was decided in the affirmative: 
Ayes, 18; noes, 13; absent or not voting, 2. 

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n .rV es 1 kS T e ! lal . 0rS barker, Bishop, Blaine, Browne, Donald, Fridd, 
(jraylord, Husting, Kleczka, Krumrey, Lockney, Marsh, Martin'. 
Morris, Owen, Pearson, Randolph, and Sanborn—18. 

Woes—Senators Bird, Bodenstab, Brazeau, Burke, Fairchild, Hud- 
naJl, Lehr, Lyons, l age, Stout, Thomas, Whitehead, and Wright— 13. 

Absent, or not voting—Senators Hazelwood and James—2. 

And the Journal of Tuesday, January 26, 1909, was declared 
approved. 


Senator Whitehead moved that the clerk record in the Journal 

hereafter all points of order made and the rulings of the chair 
thereon. 

Motion prevailed. 

Senator Sanborn moved that the charge against the Journal clerk 
and that question of having official stenographer to take daily pro¬ 
ceedings be referred to the Committee on Legislative Expenditures 
and Employees. 

Motion prevailed. 


LETTERS, PETITIONS, ETC. 


Pet. No. 4, S. 
and Bridges. 

Pet. No. 5, S. 
Pet. No. 6, S. 
Pet. No. 7, S. 
Pet, No.'8, S. 
Pet. No. 9, S. 
Pet. No. 10, S. 


By Senator Hudnall. To Committee on Roads 

i 

B} r Senator Hudnall. To Committee on Judiciary. 
By Senator Hudnall. To Committee on Judiciary. 
By Senator Hudnall. To Committee on Judiciary. 
By Senator Hudnall. To Committee on Judiciary. 
By Senator Hudnall. To Committee on Judiciary. 
By Senator Hudnall. To Committee on Judiciary. 


RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. 


Jt. Res. No. 5, S., relating to the nationalization of trusts and 
monopolies. 

Whereas, so long as machinery is simple and esaily handled by 
one man, its owner can not dominate the sources of life of others; 
and conversely, when machinery becomes more complex and ex¬ 
pensive, and requires for its effective operation the organized efforts 
of many workers, its influence reaches over wide circles of life, and 
the owners of such machinery become the dominant class; and 
Whereas electricity, steam, and great water powers used in con¬ 
nection with the multitude of modern inventions have struck the 
deathblow to manufacturing on a small scale, and manufacturing 
on a large scale makes monopoly an inevitable condition of the 
proper use of modern machinery, thus creating trusts and monopolies 
in the nature of the present industrial and commercial process, and 
producing a situation in which fully nine-tenths of the business 
transactions of the United States are handled by corporations; and 
Whereas twenty-five years of attempted regulation of these cor¬ 
porations has resulted in a confession by the President of the United 
States of the impotence of the present state and federal governments 
in the presence of these titanic industrial and commercial forces ; and 
Whereas it is impossible to control the property of one man for 
the benefit of other men, or to control the property of one part of 


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society for the benefit of the whole of society, without violating the 
very meaning of property and private ownership; and 

Whereas the private ownership of the great monopolies and 
trusts interferes with the proper use of these necessary social utilities, 
producing coal famines, railroad wrecks, insanitary and deadly in¬ 
dustrial conditions, and a chronic state of unemployment among the 
useful workers: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved by the senate , the assembly concurring , That the State 
of Wisconsin do hereby instruct its representatives in the National 
House of Representatives and in the United States Senate to intro¬ 
duce such measures and to take such action as shall be calculated 
to bring about the collective ownership of all industries which are 
organized on a national scale and in which competition has virtually 
.ceased to exist, to the end that the property involved in these indus¬ 
tries may be freely used for the advantage and benefit of the whole 
.people. 

i By Senator Gaylord. To committee on manufactures and labor. 

Jt. Res. No. 6. S., relating to the abrogation of extradition treaty 
with Russia. 

>. Whereas the present extradition treaty now existing between 
the United States of America and the private government of the 
Czar of Russia is being used for the purpose of persecuting political 
refugees from that land of oppression; and 

Whereas the United States has always been and of right ought 
to be forever an asylum for those oppressed by the despots of all 
lands: Now, therefore, be it 

[. Resolved by the senate , the assembly concurring. That the legis¬ 
lature of Wisconsin hereby requests that the Wisconsin members of 
the United States Senate take such action at once as shall lead to 
i^he abrogation of the treaty under which these persecutions are being 
carried forward, and the drafting of a new treaty under which 
political crimes shall not be made the motive for persecuting those 
ryho are seeking to escape from the darkness and despotism of other 
lands; and be it also 

; Resolved , That the secretary of state be instructed to transmit a 
copy of these resolutions to each of the members of the United States 
Senate from Wisconsin and to the President of the United States. 

>• Bv Senator Gaylord. To committee on federal relations. 

Jt. Res. No. 7, S., relating to national constitutional convention. 
Whereas the present Constitution of the United States was con¬ 
ceived and drafted under conditions which existed over one hundred 
years ago, which conditions no longer exist for the greater part; and 
• Whereas it was never adopted by popular vote of the citizens 
of this nation, but by a restricted suffrage indirectly expressed; and 
- Whereas the growing needs and powers of the people of the 
land are compelling Congress and the federal and other courts to 
seek authority for new duties arid remedies for new ills in forced 
constructions of passages which when framed could not possibly 
have had the meaning now ascribed to them; and 
! Whereas abuses of property and other rights, as well as friction 
between the various departments of the Government, have inevitably 
arisen and must increase under these conditions: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved- by the senate , the assembly concurring , That the legis¬ 
lature of Wisconsin appeal to the other state governments of the 



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United States, that they shall unite with this State in calling a 
national constitutional convention, as prescribed by Article Y of the 
Constitution of the United States; and be it also 

Resolved , That a copy of this resolution shall be transmitted 
by the secretary of state of Wisconsin to the governors and legisla¬ 
tures of the various States of the Union. 

By Senator Gay lor. To committee on federal relations. 

Joint resolution 8 (senate), relating to the abolition of United 
States Senate. 

Whereas the United States Senate has been proven by the history 
of this nation to be not a proper organ of democratic or even of 
representative government, because of the following facts: 

(a) Its members can not be impeached; 

(b) Its powers are extraordinary, giving it, together with the 
President, control over the appointing and treaty-making power, the 
latter enabling it to repeal a law enacted with the concurrence of the 
House of Representatives without the consent of the latter being 
given to such repeal; 

( e ) It is so constituted as to give equal representation to unequal 
elements, since smaller States, like Nevada and Rhode Island, have 
equal representation therein with New York and Pennsylvania; 

Whereas the effort of large corporate and property interests to 
control the United States, compels them to seek the control also of the 
state legislatures by which the members of the Senate are chosen, 
thus furnishing a fruitful incentive to political corruption, and com¬ 
pelling members of the Senate who wish to retain their seats to exert 
an influence upon state politics which has most often been baneful 
in its nature; and 

Whereas even the attempt to correct some of these evils by the 
nomination of Senators by direct vote of the people in the primary 
election is believed to have been the means of causing the corruption 
of the primaries; and 

Whereas the long term of the members of the United States Senate 
gives to that body an overwhelming control, not only upon legisla¬ 
tion but also upon the political action of the nation, removing it so 
much the more from the influence of the popular will; and 

Whereas the Constitution of the United States offers no convenient 
means of a reform of these abuses so long as the United States Senate 
exists: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved by the senate , the assembly concurring , That the legisla¬ 
ture of the State of Wisconsin does hereby appeal to the great sister¬ 
hood of States constituting this nation that they present to the Con¬ 
gress of the United States the mandate of at least two-thirds of the 
sisterhood of States, to the end that an amendment to the Federal 
Constitution shall be adopted abolishing the United States Senate, 
and make such other changes as may be necessary to conform the gov¬ 
ernment to that change. • 

By Senator Gaylor. To committee on federal relations. 

Joint resolution 9 (senate), relating to the unemployed. 

Whereas the people of the United States are at this moment in 
the midst of one of those industrial breakdowns which periodically 
paralyze the life of this and other nations; and 

S. Doc. 753, 60-2-2 



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Whereas in the nature of the industrial and commercial system 
now prevailing this unemployment of useful workers tends to be¬ 
come increasingly chronic, producing inevitably among the workers 
that habit of idleness and loss of self-respect which is found in the 
slum dweller and the tramp; and 

Whereas the nation is now suffering under the burden of an 
increase in crime the like of which is known in no other civilized 
land, due, in this land and time, as in others recorded in history, to 
the failure to provide a proper and legitimate field for the activity 
of its people: Therefore, be it 

Resolved by the senate , the assembly concurring , That the senate 
of the State of Wisconsin, the assembly concurring, do hereby in¬ 
struct its elected members of the National House of Representatives 
and in the United States Senate to introduce and forward by all 
proper means within their power, such measures as shall be calculated 
to bring about— 

(1) The immediate government relief for the unemployed workers 
by the building of schools, by reforesting of cut-over and waste lands, 
by reclamation of arid tracts, by the building of canals, and by the 
extension of all other useful public works; all persons employed on 
such works to be employed directly by the Government under an 
eight-hour work day and at the prevailing union wages. 

(2) The loan by the Government of money to States and mu¬ 
nicipalities, without interest, for the purpose of carrying on public 
works. 

(3) Immediate contributions by the Government to the funds of 
labor organizations for the purpose of assisting their unemployed 
members, as is done in other civilized countries. 

(4) The establishment of a government policy which shall pro¬ 
mote such other measures within its power as will tend to 
lessen the widespread misery of the workers caused by the im¬ 
potence or negligence and misrule of the irresponsible owners of the 
sources and means of national wealth. 

By Senator Gaylord. To Committee on Manufactures and Labor 

Jt. Res. No. 10, S., relating to the liquor traffic. 

Whereas the liquor traffic constitutes a social and economic prob¬ 
lem that requires the most careful study on the part of all who are 
interested in the common welfare and especially on the part of those 
who are attempting to legislate with reference to the matter; and 

Whereas practically every measure so far advanced upon the sub¬ 
ject has entirely overlooked the tremendous effect of economic condi¬ 
tion upon the working class, the poor wages, the long hours, the un¬ 
sanitary and physically depressing conditions in the places of employ¬ 
ment, the cheap adulterated food, and above all the housing of the 
working class in unhealthy, cheerless, comfortless hovels; and 

Whereas these conditions taken together constitute, according to 
all scientific students of the subject, the most constant and powerful 
influence in creating and extending the evils of intemperance; and 

Whereas it has been proven that where these conditions have been 
bettered by the increase in wages, shortening of hours, and improve¬ 
ment of conditions of labor, intemperance, and the evil of the saloon, 
have been lessened in that proportion; and 

Whereas under the present economic conditions it is admitted and 
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that the saloon serves a very important and vital social function in 
our present society, especially in the cities, by offering to the working 
class a center of sociability, of warmth and cheer, of music and games, 
where they may read the papers and join in discussions, where they 
may even secure free food and some of the conveniences denied them 
in their homes, all at a price within their reach; and 

Whereas this social function constitutes an absolute necessity and 
a positive right of the common people which can not and ought not 
to be destroyed until either the municipality or the state shall fiiid 
some way of separating this function from the private control of the 
saloon and establishing other centers of social life and amusement 
for the people that shall be in every way equal to and if possible supe¬ 
rior in value and attractiveness; and 

Whereas it is conceded that the adulteration of liquors and the 
use of the strongly alcoholic drinks constitutes the most serious evil 
of the liquor traffic; and 

Whereas several methods of dealing with the liquor traffic are 
being urged in different directions, all of which fail in one or another 
respect to go to the root of the matter: for example, the public 
ownership and control of the wholesale and manufacturing part of 
the business by the government in Switzerland fails to properly regu¬ 
late the retailing of liquor, thus leaving the evil effects of private 
management at that point; or again, the state dispensary system in 
South Carolina, which is urged by some, provided that the 384 
officials of the system in that state should all be appointed, thus cre¬ 
ating a most dangerous political machine in connection with one 
of the most dangerous monopolies; or again, the Gothenburg system 
of Norw r ay and Sweden provides for the assumption of the retail Or 
distributing business of the saloon by private companies, which in 
itself is objectionable, and besides leaves the wholesale and the manu¬ 
facturing part of the business in the hands of a great monopoly whose 
evil influence is constantly operating against the good purposes of the 
system; therefore be it 

Resolved by the senate , the assembly concurring , That a special 
committee consisting of two senators appointed by the president of 
the senate, and three assemblymen appointed by the speaker of the 
house, shall be selected for the purpose of investigating all the dif¬ 
ferent forms of public ownership, control, and regulation now in use 
in any part of the world, and report to the next legislature some 
method of public ownership and regulation that will be best adapted 
to the social conditions and needs of the people of our state. 

By Senator Gaylord. To Committee on State Affairs. 

Jt, Res. No. 11, S., asking Congress of the United States to enact 
into law H. R. 39. 

Whereas it has come to the knowledge of the legislature of the 
State of Wisconsin that a measure is pending before the Congress 
of the United States (H. R. No. 39) intending to extend the limits of 
the Shiloh National Military Park for the purpose of showing, by 
appropriate markers, the movements of the confederate army in its 
approach to Shiloh, and the movements of the Union Army, under 
General Halleck, in its advance from Shiloh to Corinth, and for 
making the said park accessible at all times to those who desire to 
visit it; and 


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Whereas this State, as well as the Government of the United 
States, the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, 
Ohio, Alabama, and Tennessee have expended large sums of money 
by erecting monuments therein and otherwise beautifying the same; 
it is therefore 

Resolved , That the legislature of the State of Wisconsin respectfully 
asks and urges the Congress of the United States to, at the earliest 
moment practicable, enact said H. R. bill No. 39 into law, so as to 
enable as many people as possible to visit this beautiful park made 
historic by one of the most sanguinary battles fought during the civil 
war. 

Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by the 
secretary of state to the Senate of the United States and to the 
House of Representatives of the United States and to each of the 
Senators and Representatives from this State. 

By Senator James. To Committee on Military Affairs. 

Joint Resolution No. 12 (senate), asking the Congress of the 
United States to refuse to enact the measure now pending, relating 
to United States pension agencies. 

WTereas it has come to the notice of the legislature of the State 
of Wisconsin that a measure is pending before the Congress of the 
United States which aims at the removal of seventeen United States 
pension agencies from their present locations throughout the country, 
to the city of Washington, D. C.; and 

Whereas these pension agencies were established years ago for 
the convenience and accommodation of then only two hundred and 
thirty-two thousand pensioners of the United States; and 

Whereas the number of pensioners has since that time increased 
to nearly one million (being 951,687, June 30, 1908), and as this 
number is likely to further increase, owing to legislation, affecting 
widows, enacted April 19, 1908; and 

Whereas this legislature is informed that all of the pensioners 
of the United States are vigorously protesting against this proposed 
centralization, consolidation, and removal to Washington, D. C., of 
these seventeen pension agencies, as inimical to their interest and 
convenience, it is therefore 

Resolved by the senate , the assembly concurring , That the legis¬ 
lature of the State of Wisconsin respectfully asks the Congress of 
the United States to refuse to enact such a measure, being fully con¬ 
vinced that the system at present in use, to which all pensioners have 
now become accustomed, will better subserve the interests of this vast 
body of pensioners, who, owing to their services to the country as 
well as to their advanced age, are certainly entitled to consideration 
of their views and wishes, on a measure that so vitally affects them. 

Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by the 
secretary of state to the Senate of the United States and to the House 
of Representatives of the United States and to each of the Senators 
and Representatives from this State. 

By Senator James. To Committee on Military Affairs. 

Joint Resolution No. 13 (senate), to amend section 1 of Article IV 
of the constitution, relating to legislative power. 

Resolved by the senate , the assembly concurring , That section 1, 
of Article IV of the constitution be amended by striking out said 


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section 1 and inserting in lien thereof the following, so that when so 
amended the said section shall read as follows: 

Section 1. r lhe legislative power shall be vested in a senate and 
assembly, but the people reserve to themselves power to propose laws 
and to enact or reject the same at the polls independent of the legisla¬ 
ture; and also reserve power at their own option to approve or reject 
at the polls any act of the legislature. The first power reserved by 
the people is the initiative, and not more than ten per cent of the legal 
voters shall be required to propose any measure by petition, and 
every such petition shall include the fuli text of the measure so pro¬ 
posed. The initiative petition shall be filed with the secretary of 
state not less than four months before the election at which they are 
to be voted upon. The second power is the referendum, and it may 
be ordered (except as to laws necessary for the immediate preserva¬ 
tion of the public peace, health or safety or public emergency) by 
petition signed by at least five per cent of the legal voters/ The 
referendum shall be filed with the secretary of state not more than 
ninety days after the final adjournment of the session of the legisla¬ 
ture which passed the bill on which the referendum is demanded. 
All elections on measures referred to the people shall be had at the 
biennial regular general elections and at such other elections as the 
legislature may prescribe. Any measure referred to the people shall 
take effect and become the law when it is approved by the majority 
of the votes cast thereon, and not otherwise. 

The style of all measures proposed by initiative shall be: “ Be 
it enacted by the people of the State of Wisconsin.” This section 
shall not be construed to deprive any member of the legislature of 
the right to introduce any measure, or to deprive the legislature of 
the right to repeal any law, propose or pass any measure which may 
be consistent with the constitution of the State or the Constitution of 
the United States. The whole number of votes cast for governor at 
the regular biennial election last preceding the filing of any petition 
for the initiative or for the referendum shall be the basis on which 
the number of legal voters necessary to sign such petition shall be 
counted. The powers herein reserved to the people for the State at 
large are hereby further reserved to the legal voters of every locality 
as to all local legislation or action for the respective localities. The 
powers herein reserved to the people to propose laws and to enact 
or reject the same are hereby further reserved to the legal voters of 
the State, the power to propose amendments to the constitution in 
the same manner as herein provided for the initiative and refer¬ 
endum. The veto power of the governor shall not extend to meas¬ 
ures referred to the people as herein provided. The legislature 
shall, at the session of the legislature immediately following the 
adoption of the above constitutional amendment, enact laws carrying 
into effect the provisions of this section and facilitating its opera¬ 
tion, and in the event of the failure of the legislature to enact such 
laws the governor by the executive order shall make such rules and 
regulations as may be necessary for carrying these provisions into 
effect. • 

By Senator Blaine. To Committee on Judiciary. 

Jt. Res. No. 14, S., To amend section 6 Article V of the con¬ 
stitution relating to reprieves and pardons and creating a board of 
pardons. 


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Resolved by the senate , the assembly concurring , That section 6 
of Article V of the constitution be amended by striking out all of 
said section 6 and inserting in lieu thereof the following section, so 
that when so amended the said section shall read as follows: 

Section 6. The legislature shall establish a board of pardons to 
consist of the governor, the attorney-general and the chief justice of 
the supreme court of the State of Wisconsin, and two qualified 
electors, who shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of 
the senate, to remit fines and forfeitures, to grant reprieves, com¬ 
mutations and pardons after conviction or on a plea of guilty for 
all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, subject to such 
regulations as may be provided by law. Not more than three of 
such board of pardons shall belong to the same political party. 
Upon conviction for treason the governor shall have the power to 
suspend the execution of the sentence until the case shall be reported 
to the legislature at its next regular meeting when the legislature 
shall either pardon or commute the sentence, direct the execution of 
the sentence, or grant a further reprieve. The governor shall annu¬ 
ally communicate to the legislature at each regular session each case 
of remission of fine, reprieve, commutation or pardon granted by the 
board of pardons, stating the name of the convict, the crime for 
which he is convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the 
remission, commutation, pardon, or reprieve, with the reasons of the 
board for granting the same. The legislature shall by law establish 
rules and regulations governing the remissions of fines and for¬ 
feitures and the granting of reprieves, commutations, and pardons, 
and until such rules and regulations are established, the constitu¬ 
tional provision and laws relating to reprieves and pardons shall 
be operative. 

Bv Senator Blaine. To the Committee on Judiciary. 

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RILLS INTRODUCED. 


Bead first and second times and referred. 

No. 21, S. By Senator Gaylord. To Committee on State Affairs. 

No. 22, S. By Senator Gaylord. To Committee on Taxation. 

No. 23, S. By Senator Gaylord. To Committee on State Affairs. 

No. 24, S. By Senator Gaylord. To Committee on State Affairs. 

No. 25, S. By Senator Gaylord. To Committee on Transporta¬ 
tion. 

No. 26, S. By Senator Gaylord. To Committee on State Affairs. 
No. 27. S. By Senator Gaylord. To Committee on Villages and 

Cities. 


RECESS. 

Upon motion of Senator Sanborn the senate took a recess until 
12 o’clock m. 

12 O’clock M. 

The senate was called to order by the president. * 

The senate repaired to the assembly chamber. 


ELECTION OF ISAAC STEPHENSON. 


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ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATOR. 

(In joint convention.) 

Lieutenant-Governor John Strange, president of the senate, called 
the joint convention to order and said: 

Gentlemen of the joint convention : You are assembled here 
for the purpose of expressing your choice for a United States Sena¬ 
tor. In order to comply with the federal law the clerk of the senate 
and the clerk of the assembly will read from the journal of each 
house, respectively, the proceedings of the preceding day with refer¬ 
ence to the election of a United States Senator. 

The chief clerk of the senate read the journal of the senate of 
January 2G, 1909. 

And the chief clerk of the assembly read the journal of the assem¬ 
bly of January 26, 1909. 

The president then said: 

The clerk will call the roll, and as your names are called you will 
arise from your seats and announce the candidate of your choice. 

Senator Hudnall. I rise to protest against any other proceeding 
being taken in this joint assemblage at this time except the announce¬ 
ment of the presiding officer that Hon. Isaac Stephenson is elected 
to the United States Senate for the term commencing March 4, 
1909. I do that for the reason that it appears from the journal or 
the senate that the total number of votes cast for persons was 17, of 
which Isaac Stephenson received 12, Neal Brown 4, and Jacob Hum¬ 
mel 1, and the journal of the assembly shows that of the members 
who voted for persons there were 60 for Isaac Stephenson, 16 for 
Neal Brown, and 3 for Jacob Hummel, and therefore it appearing 
from the journals of both senate and assembly that Isaac Stephenson 
received a majority of all of the votes cast in each house, it devolves 
then upon the president of this joint assembly to declare Isaac Steph¬ 
enson duly elected to the United States Senate, and then the duty de¬ 
volves upon the president of the senate and the speaker of the assem¬ 
bly to certify his election to the governor and to the secretary of state, 
and they to certify his election to the United States Senate. Any other 
proceeding is out of order and nugatory. 

President. Does the senator raise that as a point of order? 

Senator Hudnall. As a protest and as a point of order. 

President. As a point of order, if the chair decided it, he would 
hold it not well taken. 

Senator Hudnall. May I inquire what is done with it as a protest? 

President. The chair is a little more familiar with a protest of 
commercial paper than with a protest of that character. The chair 
will be obliged to hold that the senator is out of order in his protest, 
and out of order- 

Senator Hudnall. The gentleman whose name appears upon the 
back of this paper is a millionaire. 

President. Well, he probably does not know anything about pro¬ 
tests. Nominating speeches for candidates for the United States 
Senatorship will be now in order. 

Senator Owen. I move that the joint session do now proceed to 
ballot for United States Senator. 



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President. The clerk will call the roll upon motion made by the 
senator from the tenth. The question will then be upon the motion 
made by the senator from the tenth that we now proceed to a ballot 
for United States Senator. 

Senator TIudnall. I call for the ayes and noes on that question. 
That would be in accordance with my protest and my point of order, 
and I desire simply to have the record show it. 

President. Under the rule it requires that one-sixth to favor the 
motion. Sufficient members have arisen. 

Senator Blaine. I rise to a point of order. The proceeding under 
which the election of United States Senator takes place is prescribed 
by law and provides that w r e shall proceed to elect a United States 
Senator. Therefore the motion to proceed to the election of Senator is 
not necessary and is out of order. 

President. The point of order is well taken. 

Senator Owen. I withdraw my motion. 

Senator from the seventh. I rise to another point of order. I 
do not believe that the gentleman has a right to withdraw his motion 
without the consent of the assembly, having been placed before the 
assembly. 

President. The point of the senator from the seventh is well taken. 
The question then is upon the adoption of the motion made by the 
senator from the tenth. 

Senator Blaine. I would like a ruling upon my point of order. 

President. The chair was disposed to say the point of order was 
not well taken, but the chair wants everything possible to develop to 
indicate the sentiment, and it is not the purpose of the chair to be 
technical. The chair will rule that the point of order is not well 
taken. 

Senator Owen. I have withdrawn my motion. 

Mr. Ingram. I will say I understood there was no second to the 
motion of the gentleman, and secondly he is entitled to withdraw his 
motion according to parliamentary practice. 

Senator Hudnall. It does not require any second. 

Senator Page. I would say that the fact that a sufficient number 
rose to demand an aye and no vote is at any time a sufficient second 
to any motion. 

Mr. Hambrecht. I would like to answer the gentleman who made 
the remark that a second was required for the withdrawal, that when 
the chair entertains the motion a second is not required. 

Mr. Ledvina. I call your attention to rule 64, page 91, which covers 
the point, “Any motion may be withdrawn by consent of the house 
before division or amendment.” 

Senator Husting. I rise to a point of order. The senator should 
be permitted to withdraw his motion for the reason that his motion 
was out of order. The statute prescribes the method by which a 
United States Senator should be elected. For instance, suppose this 
house in joint assembly should vote it down; that we should not pro¬ 
ceed to the election of senator, there would be a plain violation of 
the statute. The statute prescribes the order of proceeding and 
nothing intervenes between the convening of the joint assembly and 
the taking of the vote. Everything else is out of order. 

President. The chair is inclined to agree with the senator from 
the thirteenth, as right, and will so rule. It is in order now that we 


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proceed to the balloting for United States Senator. Members will 
rise and express their choice as their names are called. 

Chief Clerk C. E. Shaffer, of the assembly, called the roll of the 
joint convention, and the vote for United States Senator was as 
follows: 

Total number of votes cast, 131. 

Of which Isaac Stephenson received 65; Neal Brown, 21; Jacob 
Rummel, 4; John S. Donald, 1; H. A. Cooper, 11; John J. Esch, T; 
W. D. Hoard, 2; John Strange, 1; J. H. Davidson, 2; Walter Owen, 
3; Henry Lockney, 1; S. A. Cook, 4; J. H. Stout, 2; E. A. Edmunds, 
1; L. H. Bancroft, 1; C. E. Estabrook, 1; C. M. Webb, 1; I. L. Leii- 
root, 1; F. E. McGovern, 1; and M. J. Cleary, 1. 

The following voted for Isaac Stephenson: 

Senators Bird, Bodenstab, Burke, Fairchild, Hudnall, Lehr, Lyons, 
Page, Stout, Thomas, Whitehead, and Wright. 

Messrs. Atwood, Ballard, Bancroft, Bray, Brew, Buslett, Cady, 
Benjamin A.; Chappie, Chinnock, Cleary, Culbertson, Disch, Egan, 
Erickson, Fenelon, Fisher, Georgi (under protest), Grosse, Ham- 
brecht, Hammill, Harras, Hoyt, Hull, Ingalls, Irvine, Jones, Kempf, 
Kubasta, Kull, Laycock, Ledvina, Le Roy, Mains, Marquardt, Nelson, 
Peterson, Philipps, Reader, Reynolds, Shaw, Smith, Frank; Smith, 
Simon (under protest) ; Stack, Stevens, Thomas, Towers, Twesme, 
Urquhart, Wehrwein, Wellensgard, Whitman, Whittet, and Wit- 
tig—65. 

The following voted for Neal Brown: 

Senators Husting, Pearson, and Randolph. 

Messrs. Bichler, Cady, Virgil; Domachowski, Farrel, Hughes, 
Kalaher, Kindlin, Kneen, Lentz, Pickart, Ramsey, Rollmann, 
Schmidt, Schwalbach, Stewart, Towne, and Viebahn—21. 

The following voted for Jacob Rummel: 

Senator Gaylord, and Messrs. Berner, Brockhausen, and Weber—4. 

The following voted for John S. Donald: 

Senator Barker—1. 

The following voted for H. A. Cooper: 

Senators Bishop, Blaine, Kleczka, Krumrey and Martin. 

Messrs. Comstock, Coolidge, Curtiss, Kamper, Wells and Zim¬ 
merman—11. 

The following voted for John J. Esch: 

Senators Brazeau, Marsh and Morris. 

Messrs. Bradford, Busacker, Leuch and McConnell—7. 

The following voted for W. D. Hoard: 

Senator Browne, and Mr. Onstad—2. 

The following voted for John Strange: 

Senator Donald—1. 

The following voted for J. LI. Davidson: 

Senator Fridd, and Mr. Crowell—2. 

The following voted for Walter Owen: 

Senator Lockney, and Messrs. Kay and Keyes—3. 

The following voted for Henry Lockney: 

Senator Owen—1. 

The following voted for E. A. Morse: 

Senator Sanborn—1. 



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The following voted for S. A. Cook: 

Messrs. Barnett, Kimball, Mortensen and Neitzel—4. 

The following voted for J. H. Stout: 

Messrs. Daub and Dorner—2. 

The following voted for E. A. Edmunds: 

Mr. Estabrook—1. 

The following voted for L. H. Bancroft : 

Mr. Haight—1. 

The following voted for C. E. Estabrook: 

Mr. Ingram—1. 

The following voted for C. M. Webb: 

Mr. Iveup—1. 

The following voted for I. L. Lenroot: 

Mr. Johnson—1. 

The following voted for F. E. McGovern: 

Mr. Koethe—1. 

The following voted for M. J. Cleary: 

Mr. Scott—1. 

The following remarks were made as the roll was called: 

Senator Barker: Mr. President, owing to the senatorial investi¬ 
gation, I to-day cast my vote for John S. Donald, of Madison. 

Senator Bishop: Pending the investigation now before the Wis¬ 
consin legislature, I cast my vote for the Hon. Henry Allen Cooper. 

Senator Blaine: Mr. President, awaiting the result of the investi¬ 
gation as proposed by the state senate, I to-day cast my vote for the 
Hon. Henry Allen Cooper. 

Senator Lyons: Owing to the promise to my constituency, Isaac 
Stephenson. 

Mr. Ballard: In view of the fact of the action taken by the mem¬ 
bers of the assembly this morning in regard to the resolution for 
investigation, I vote at this time for Gustave Ivuesterman. 

Mr. Comstock: Owing to the investigation at this time, I vote for 
the Hon. Henry Allen Cooper. 

Mr. Dorner: Pending investigation, I vote for Hon. James H. 
Stout, of Menominee. 

Mr. Georgi: Mr. President, having due regard for the primary 
election law, and not knowing of any candidate otherwise than the 
one elected at the primary election, I feel bound, contrary to my own 
opinion, to vote for Isaac Stephenson, but I do so under protest. 

Mr. Hambrecht: Mr. President, owing to the fact that the people 
of the State of Wisconsin have placed in nomination at their primary 
election a man, I feel in duty bound to recognize that and vote for 
Isaac Stephenson. 

Mr. Ingram: Mr. President, pending the investigation, I desire 
at this time to cast my vote for Gen. Charles E. Estabrook, of 
Milwaukee. 

Mr. Johnson. Pending the investigation of this matter, I wish to 
cast my vote for the Hon. Irvine Lenroot. 

Mr. Kamper. Mr. President, pending the investigation at this time, 
I desire to vote for Henry Allen Cooper. 

Mr. Kubasta. In conformity with the primary election law and 
wishes of my constituency and those in Wisconsin, I vote for Isaac 
Stephenson. 


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Mr. Ledvina. Mr. President, in conformity with the primary 
election law, I vote for Isaac Stephenson. 

Mr. Leuch. Mr. President, I came down here yesterday morning 
with a firm conviction of voting for Isaac Stephenson for United 
States Senator, but I had also pledged my constituents in my district 
that if any specific charges were preferred against Mr. Stephenson I 
would not vote for him until that investigation was disposed of. I 
am therefore bound to vote for John J. Esch at this time. 

Mr. Mains. Isaac Stephenson, under protest. 

Mr. Mortenson. Mr. President, yesterday I unqualifiedly cast my 
vote for Isaac Stephenson. In the light of attendant circumstances 
and the resolution pending before this assembly at the present time, 
I request that my vote at this time be cast for Samuel A. Cook. 

Mr. Roetiie. Mr. President, I cast my vote for the man that 
carried my district in the primaries, Hon. Francis E. McGovern, of 
Milwaukee. 

Mr. Frank Smith. Mr. President, owing to the fact that we have 
a primary election law in this State, and under that law Isaac Steph¬ 
enson received the plurality of all votes cast for the office of United 
States Senator, and that Dane County was one of those counties that 
helped to roll up that plurality, I feel it my duty in carrying out the 
wishes of my constituents to vote for Hon. Isaac Stephenson. 

Mr. Simon Smith. Mr. President, having still in mind the vote of 
my district and having great respect for the primary election law, 
I vote for Isaac Stephenson under protest. 

Mr. Wehrwein. Isaac Stephenson, under protest. 

Mr. Whitman. Isaac Stephenson, no protest. 

Mr. Zimmerman. Mr. Speaker, permit me to-day, as I did yester¬ 
day, to vote for the Hon. Henry Allen Cooper. 

Mr. Ballard. Mr. President, I wish to change my vote, under 
protest, for Isaac Stephenson. 

The president said: 

It appears from the records of the joint convention that no person 
has received a majority of the votes cast for United States Senator. 

Gentlemen, what is your further pleasure? 

Senator Randolph moved that the joint convention be now dis¬ 
solved. . 

The ayes and noes being demanded, it was decided in the affirma¬ 
tive: Ayes, 75; noes, 55; absent or not voting, 3. 

The vote was as follows: 

Ayes—Senators Barker, Bishop, Blaine, Browne, Donald, Indd, 
Gaylord, Husting, Kleczka, Krumrev, Lockney, Lyons, Marsh, Mar¬ 
tin, Morris, Owen, Pearson, Randolph, Sanborn, and 

Messrs. Ballard, Barnett, Berner, Bichler, Bradford, Brew, Brock- 
hausen, Busacker, Chinnock, Comstock, Coolidge, Crowell, Curtiss, 
Doub, Domachowsld, Dorner, Estabrook, Farrell, Fenelon, Georgi, 
Grosse, Haight, Hoyt, Hughes, Hull, Ingram, Johnson, Kalaher, 
Hamper, Kay, Kempf, Keup, Keyes, Kimball, Kindlm, Kneen, 
Lentz, Leuch, McConnell, Mortenson, Neitzel, Onstad, Roethe, Roll- 
mann, Schmidt, Schwallbach, Scott, Smith, Simon, Stewart, Towers, 
Towne, Viebahn, Weber, Wehrwein, Wells, and Zimmerman—75. 

^ Noes—Senators Bird, Bodenstab, Brazeau, Burke, Fairchild, Hud^ 
nail, Lehr, Page, Stout, Thomas, Whitehead and Wright, and 


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Messrs. Atwood, Bray, Buslett, Cady Benj. A., Cady Virgil, 
Chappie, Cleary, Culbertson, Disch, Egan, Erickson, Fisher, Ham- 
breclit, Hammill, Harras, Ingalls, Irvine, Jones, Ivubasta, Kull, Lay- 
cock, Ledvina, Le Roy, Marquardt, Nelson, Peterson, Philipps, Pick- 
art, Ramsey, Reader, Reynolds, Shaw, Smith Frank, Stack, Stevens, 
Thomas, Twesme, Urquhart, Wellensgard, Whitman, Whittet, Wit- 
tig, and Mr. Speaker—55. 

Absent or not voting—Senators Hazelwood, James, and 

Mr. Mains—3. 

The senate retired and returned to the senate chamber. 

ADJOURNMENT. 


Upon motion of Senator Stout, 
The senate adjourned. 


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